哲學 Philosophy

Q1. Do we have any good reasons to trust our moral intuition? 我們有充分的理由相信自己的道德直覺嗎？

Q2. Do girls have a right to compete in sporting contests that exclude boys? 

女孩有權參加排斥男孩的體育比賽嗎？

Q3. Should I be held responsible for what I believe? 我應該為自己的信仰負責嗎？

政治學 Politics

Q1. Is there such a thing as too much democracy? 是否存在過于民主的問題？

Q2. Is peace in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip possible? 約旦河西岸和加沙地帶可能實現和平嗎？

Q3. When is compliance complicity? 

什么情況下遵從是共謀？

經濟學 Economics

Q1. What is the optimal global population?  

全球最佳人口是多少？ 

Q2. Accurate news reporting is a public good. Does it follow that news agencies should be funded from taxation?

準確的新聞報道是一種公***品。這是否意味著新聞機構應從稅收中獲得資金？

Q3. Do successful business people benefit others when making their money, when spending it, both, or neither?

成功的商界人士在賺錢和花錢時是否都對他人有利，是兩者兼而有之，還是兩者都沒有？

歷史 History

Q1. Why was sustained economic growth so rare before the later 18th century and why did this change?

為什么持續的經濟增長在 18 世紀后期之前如此罕見？為什么這種情況發生了變化？

Q2. Has music ever significantly changed the course of history?

音樂是否曾極大地改變過歷史進程？

Q3. Why do civilisations collapse? Is our civilisation in danger? 

為什么文明會崩潰？我們的文明是否處于危險之中？

法律 Law

Q1. When, if ever, should a company be permitted to refuse to do business with a person because of that person’s public statements?

何時（如果有的話）應允許公司因某人的公開言論而拒絕與此人做生意？

Q2. In the last five years British police have arrested several thousand people for things they posted on social media. Is the UK becoming a police state?

過去五年里，英國警方因在社交媒體上發布的內容而逮捕了數千人。英國正在成為警察國家嗎？

Q3. Your parents say that 11pm is your bedtime. But they don’t punish you if you don’t go to bed by 11pm. Is 11pm really your bedtime?

你的父母說晚上11點是你的睡覺時間。但如果你到11點還不上床睡覺，他們也不會懲罰你。晚上11點真的是你的睡覺時間嗎？

心理學 Psychology

Q1. According to a study by four British universities, for each 16-point increase in IQ, the likelihood of getting married increases by 35% for a man but decreases by 40% for a woman. Why? 

英國四所大學的一項研究表明，智商每提高16點，男性結婚的可能性就會增加35%，而女性結婚的可能性就會降低40%。為什么？

Q2. There is an unprecedented epidemic of depression and anxiety among young people. Can we fix this? How?

抑郁癥和焦慮癥在年輕人中前所未有地流行。我們能解決這個問題嗎？如何解決？

Q3. What is the difference between a psychiatric illness and a character flaw?

精神疾病和性格缺陷有什么區別？

神學 Theology

Q1. “I am not religious, but I am spiritual.” What could the speaker mean by “spiritual”?

“我不信教，但我有精神層面的靈性。” 發言者所說的“精神層面的靈性”是什么意思？

Q2. Is it reasonable to thank God for protection from some natural harm if He is responsible for causing the harm?

如果上帝對造成傷害負有責任，那么感謝上帝保護我們免受自然傷害是否合理？

Q3. Does God reward those who believe in him? If so, why? 上帝會獎賞那些相信他的人嗎？如果是這樣，為什么？

低年級組 Junior Prize

Q1. Does winning a free and fair election automatically confer a mandate for governing? 

贏得自由公正的選舉是否會自動賦予執政權力？

Q2. Has the anti-racism movement reduced racism? 反種族歧視運動減少了種族歧視嗎？

Q3. Is there life after death? 

死后還有生命嗎？

Q4. How did it happen that governments came to own and run most high schools, while leaving food production to private enterprise?  

政府為什么會擁有并管理大多數中學，而把食品生產留給私營企業？

Q5. When will advancing technology make most of us unemployable? What should we do about this? 

科技的進步何時會讓我們中的大多數人失業？我們該怎么辦？

Q6. Should we trust fourteen-year-olds to make decisions about their own bodies?

我們應該相信十四歲的孩子能為自己的身體做出決定嗎？

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